In today's digital age, being online is more important than ever. With many government services moving online, Go ON NI helps people to get online safely, improve their skills, and become more confident in the use of digital technology. The programme offers free events and training sessions across various locations, including libraries and community centres, to support beginners and those looking to enhance their digital abilities.
What You'll Learn:
- How to access and use online tools/resources
- Tips for staying safe online
- Ways to improve your service users digital skills
- The benefits of being digitally connected
Links to Resources:
- Go ON NI
- Money Guidance Competency Framework
Links to the Money Guidance Competency Framework:
This event is designed to help you improve your money guidance practice, developing skills, confidence, and knowledge around a specific money-related area. Everything that the Money Guiders programme offers centres around the Money Guidance Competency Framework - it's there to help you better understand the full breadth and depth of money-related issues that fall outside of the regulated financial advice service sector - the things you talk to your customers about.
Additional Support from Supporting Communities:
Supporting Communities offers basic digital skills courses primarily to individuals and community groups, focusing on older people and rural communities in Northern Ireland. These courses aim to reduce the digital divide and promote independence in using digital tools.
To find out about upcoming events and courses, visit the Supporting Communities website.
Online Learning Resources:
Several organisations provide free online guides and courses to help individuals develop digital skills:
- Digital Unite: Offers guides on topics such as computer basics, email, internet use, smartphones, social networking, and internet security. Visit Digital Unite.
- Learn My Way: Provides free online courses for beginners to develop digital
Who Should Attend:
This event is perfect for anyone looking to enhance their digital skills and improve their financial wellbeing. Whether you're a financial professional, a community worker, or simply interested in learning more about online financial tools, this session is for you.
Links to the Money Guidance Competency Framework
This event is designed to help you improve your money guidance practice, developing skills, confidence and knowledge around a specific money related area. Everything that the Money Guiders programme offers centres around the Money Guidance Competency Framework - it's there to help you better understand the full breadth and depth of money related issues that fall outside of the regulated financial advice service sector - the things you talk to your customers about.
Foundation Level - Signposting customers: all practitioners – no matter their job role – must be able to elicit simple, information from the customer in order to signpost them to appropriate sources of further support, advice or information.
Before attending this session, you could spend some time considering the challenges you face in your work, specifically when you provide help and guidance to your clients or service users around money issues.
Accessibility
If you have accessibility requirements, please inform us when you register by emailing moneyguidersni@reed.com and we will do our best to meet them. Participants should always remember to keep their own client and customer details confidential and not disclose personal information about them.
Keep Up to Date with the Money Guiders Northern Ireland Network
· Contact: moneyguidersni@reed.com
· Register with the Money Guiders Northern Ireland Network here
· LinkedIn Page here
· Facebook Page here
· Twitter here
The Money Guiders Programme
Money Guiders is a programme run by The Money Pensions Service MaPS, which seeks to help money guidance practitioners improve their knowledge, skills and confidence. Everything that the Money Guiders programme offers centres around the Money Guidance Competency Framework - it's there to help you better understand the full breadth and depth of money related issues that fall outside of the regulated financial advice service sector - the things you talk to your customers about.
